Stove lifter and mover.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

J. WOOD.

STOVE LIFTER AND MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28,1905.

3 iwenlfoz IINITFD STATE PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed July 28, 1905. Serial No. 271,686.

To (1, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN W001), a citizen of the United States,residlng at Cincinnati,

in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Stove Lifter and Mover, of which. the following 1s aspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stovelifters and movers, and has for its object to provide a truck that isvery simple and cheap in construction and one that will facilitate thelifting and moving of stoves from place toplace.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts more fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truck. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the jack used in connection with my truck. Figs. 3 and 4are perspective views of my improved jack-head used in connection withmy truck.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the front axle, B the rear axle,and C the adjustable reach connecting the axles A and B, which areprovided with Wheels D, having wide rims, so that in moving stoves inhouses there will be no danger of injuring the carpets and floors. Thefront axle A is made flat and is provided with a centrally-enlargedcircular portion A, provided with a horizontal slot A and a verticalscrew-threaded opening A", in which is mounted a jack E, consisting of apower-screw E, having a cross-bar or handle E formed on its lower end.To the upper end of the power-screw E is pivotally secured a head F bythe pin E", which extends upwardly through the opening F, formed in thecircular groove F of the head. The back or rear axle is also made flatand is provided with two enlarged portions at each side, provided withscrewthreaded openings adapted to receive the jack E, as hereinbeforedescribed. The center of the rear axle is provided with an opening B toreceive the adjustable reach C, which passes through hound B carried bythe axle, and is adjustable through the axle by a vertical pin B",passing through the opening B and through the series of holes formed inthe reach. The forward part of the reach is made circular at C and isadapted to fit into the slot A of the front axle A. and be pivotallysecured therein by the power-screw E, which passes through the openingin C and allows the front axle to turn by the tongue G, connectedthereto.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide a verysimple stove-truck with. lifting-jacks, so that the truck can be shovedunder the stove and elevated, so that it can be carried from place toplace, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. In a device of the kinddescribed, the combination with a pair of axles having screw-threadedopenings, of power-screws having blocks pivotally mounted on their upperends working in said openings, and means for operating said screws asset forth.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a truckprovided with screw-threaded sockets, of power-screws secured in saidsockets provided with adjustable grooved heads and means for operatingsaid screws, for the purpose described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a truck provided with front and rear axles, wheelssecured on said axles, screw-threaded openings formed in said axles, ofpower-screws secured in said openings, provided with adjustable heads,and means for raising and lowering said heads, for the purposedescribed. 4. In a device of the kind described, the combination with atruck provided with front and rear axles carrying wheels, of anadjustable reach connecting said axles, screw-threaded openings formedin the enlarged portion of said axles, power-screws mounted in saidopenings provided with reduced ends, circular grooved blocks providedwith openings formed therein, through which the reduced ends of thescrews are adapted to pass and a tongue secured to the front axle, forthe purpose described.

5. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a truckprovided with front and rear axles, spaced enlargements formed on therear axle provided with threaded openings, a central enlarged portionformed, on the front axle provided with a threaded opening, a reachconnecting said axles, power-screws mounted in said openings providedwith reduced ends, circular grooved blocks provided with openingsthrough which the reduced ends of the screws are adapted to pass, andmeans for locking said blocks on said screws, for the purpose described.

6. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a truck provided with front and rear axles, providedwith wheels,

portion of the front axle, a power-screw provided With an adjustableblock adapted to pass through the opening in the enlarged portion of thereach and the screw-threaded openings, of the front axle, power screwsprovided with adjustable blocks mounted in the screw-threaded openingsof the rear axle, and a pin adapted to pass through a vertical openingin the Walls of the central opening of the rear axle, and one of theopenings in the reach, for the purpose described.

JOHN WOOD.

l/Vitnesses:

JOHN STEWART, CHARLIE DOVE.

